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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Retrenchment Society build according to "Elijah Pierson, Parts 5 through 7"?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A clinic for the poor.
(c) A church for the slaves.
(d) Schools for poor children.

2. What did the middle class' evangelical reformist movement lead to for men and women?
(a) Having women be subservient.
(b) Having men in charge of religion and women in charge of the household.
(c) Greater equality.
(d) Having men be subservient.

3. What did Matthews do after abandoning his family?
(a) He went to Utah.
(b) He went to Kirtland.
(c) He went to western New York State.
(d) He went to the asylum.

4. What prompted Albany's commercial revolution when Matthews tried his luck there?
(a) The mercantile.
(b) The new Erie Canal.
(c) The new Albany.
(d) The Statue of Liberty.

5. What mission did Kirk set for himself after rejecting Matthews's request to join his church?
(a) To teach Matthews the path of right living.
(b) To save Matthews.
(c) To teach Matthews the Commandments.
(d) To save Matthews' wife and children from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "Prologue" say of Matthews and Joseph Smith in 1835?

2. What did Matthews and Joseph Smith advocate for society?

3. When did Elijah join the Spring's Brick Presbyterian Church?

4. When did Matthews' parents die?

5. Who personified the middle class' evangelical reformists of the 1820's and 1840's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in Sarah's life in mid-June 1830?

2. Who were the Finneyites and what did they denounce?

3. Who was Isabella van Wagenen?

4. What was Prophet Matthias being tried for according to the "Prologue"?

5. Why was Matthews interred in an asylum for two weeks?

6. How were the Calvinist social ranks exhibited?

7. Who was Elijah Pierson according to "Elijah Pierson, Introduction and Parts 1 through 4"?

8. Who was Robert Matthews in "Robert Matthews, Introduction and Parts 1 through 4"?

9. How did Matthias see the United States?

10. What did Elijah do in 1820 and why was this significant?

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